Key to the womens collection were luscious limes, blush pinks, maritime stripes, bold prints and all kinds of blue azure, navy, cobalt.

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He stuck mostly with pant suits, wool shift or trapeze dresses and coats in solids, accented with a sprinkling of white-and-black stripes and large leaf prints in autumnal red, orange-red, green, purple and a rich deep blue.

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He supplements that with a few polo shirts, a pair of brightly hued shorts perhaps in yellow, pink, blue, green to wear to brunch, and a pair of elastic-waist swim shorts with colorful prints.

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